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• TEXAS NEWS

12 Resource Center update

13 Trans Pride Initiative reorganizes

14 Changes in the gayborhood

15 Kroger execs float expansion plans

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Alabama Chief Justice halts same-sex marriage in his state

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore said Wednes-

day, Jan. 6, that “Alabama probate judges have a

ministerial duty not to issue any marriage license

contrary to the Alabama Sanctity of Marriage

Amendment or the Alabama Marriage Protection

Act.” He said that a ruling against same-sex mar-

riage a year ago was still in effect.

Marriage licenses in Alabama are issued by pro-

bate judges.

On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that

banning same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.

Moore said that ruling only struck down marriage

laws in the Eighth Circuit — Michigan, Ohio, Ken-

tucky and Tennessee.

Moore ruled that no marriage licenses may be is-

sued to same-sex couples until a further ruling by

the Alabama Supreme Court.

The Southern Poverty Law Center called Moore’s

statement a “dead letter” and said probate judges

that refuse to issue licenses to same-sex couples

could be held in contempt of court.

— David Taffet

Time to vote for the Readers Voice Awards

It’s been a tradition for more than a decade:

Every January, we kick off the new year by consid-

ering what made the last year so great in North

Texas’ gay community. Who, for instance, is the

sexiest bartender pouring your drinks? What is

your favorite brunch … or other Sunday Funday

excursion? Who do you trust to sell your house,

prepare your taxes, give you a man-pedi or adjust

your spine? And who do you think the best actors

in Dallas are right now? That’s what we ask about

in the annual Readers Voice Awards.

There are nine areas to vote in, with around a

dozen categories per, but even if you don’t vote for

everything, you can vote for what you want and

make sure everyone else knows who the best of

the best is … who, in fact, is your hero. And just

voting gets you entered in a prize drawing.

Don’t wait too long, though. Voting has already

started, and ends at Jan. 31. The Readers Voice

Awards issue will be out in March. And the prize

winner will be profiled in the paper along with the

top vote-getters. Don’t let Iowa and New Hamp-

shire steal all the voting thunder! Get voting!

— Arnold Wayne Jones

OKC passes LGBT housing protection

The Oklahoma City Council passed LGBT

housing protections on Monday, Jan. 4 on a 5-4

vote according to Oklahoma Rep. Emily Virgin,

whose district includes Oklahoma City.

“Great news! Congratulations, @FreedomOkla-

homa and many more who worked very hard on

this,” Virgin tweeted.

Six people spoke in favor of the ordinance and

none opposed.

The city of Norman, south of Oklahoma City,

passed the state’s first nondiscrimination ordinance

two weeks ago.

— David Taffet

Former CoH pastor’s husband has cancer

The Rev. Michael Piazza announced that his

husband, Bill Eure, has stage four cancer in the

wall of his abdomen.

In his announcement, Piazza said his husband is

otherwise in perfect health and feels fine, so the di-

agnosis over the holidays came as a surprise. Pi-

azza was senior pastor of Cathedral of Hope in

Dallas for 22 years. He moved to Atlanta in 2011 to

become senior pastor at Virginia Highland Church.

We send Bill and Michael our love and good

wishes for a full recovery.

— David Taffet

Last day at Black-eyed PeaThe original Black-eyed Pea on Cedar Springs Road closed on Saturday, Jan. 2. Property owner Gene

Street, who created the restaurant in the 1970s and sold it about 10 years later, retained ownership of the

property and is creating a new restaurant there.

Dallas Voice photographer Chuck Marcelo went to Black-eyed Pea on its last day of operation and took

several photos, including the one below of the restaurant’s three longest serving employees: Jose and

Frank, who worked at Black-eyed Pea for 25 years, and Arthur, with 30 years’ experience.

(Chuck Marcello/Dallas Voice)


•pet of the week / BERTIE

Bertie is a Bernese mountain dog mix that, at about 3months old, weighs 22 pounds. She will be a big girl, and isalso a super-smart girl who knows how to sit, stay, come andgo potty. Bernese mountain dogs are an easy-going andsteady-tempered breed who crave companionship and arevery protective of and loyal to their families.

Other pets are available for adoption from Operation Kindness, 3201 Earhart Drive, Carrollton. The no-kill shelter is open six days:Monday, 3-8 p.m.; closed Tuesday; Wednesday, 3-8 p.m.; Thursday,noon-8 p.m.; Friday, noon- 5 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; andSunday, noon-5 p.m. The cost is $110 for cats, $135 for kittens, $150 for dogs over 1 year, and $175 for puppies. The cost includes thespay/neuter surgery, microchipping, vaccinations, heartworm test fordogs, leukemia and FIV test for cats, and more. Those who adopt twopets at the same time receive a $20 discount-

Have an event coming up? Email yourinformation to staff writer James Russell [email protected] by Thursday at 10 a.m.for that week’s issue.

JANUARY• Weekly: Lambda Weekly every Sunday at 1 p.m. on 89.3 KNON-FM. Guest for thisweek is author Willy Wilkinson; UnitedBlack Ellument hosts discussion onHIV/AIDS in the black community at 7 p.m.every second Tuesday of the month at 3116Commerce St., Suite C; Fuse game nightevery Monday evening but the last of themonth at 8 p.m. at the Fuse space in theTraymore building, 4038 Lemmon Avenue, Ste. 101; FuseConnect every Wednesday from 7 p.m. atthe Fuse Space. For more information call ore-mail Grayson Gosnell at 214-540-4435 [email protected].

• Jan. 8: High Tech Happy HourTexas Instruments Pride, the LGBT and allydiversity group, hosts its monthly High TechHappy Hour to increase professional andsocial contacts between groups andindividuals and to foster community.

5:30-7:30 p.m. at Sushi Zushi, West Village,3636 McKinney Ave., Ste. 150. For moreinformation e-mail Paul von Wupperfeld [email protected].

• Jan 9: Stonewall Democrats of DallasLGBT Democratic group hosts screening and interviews for candidates in upcomingDemocratic primaries from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Sue Ellen’s Vixen Lounge, 3014Throckmorton. Registration is not necessary;participants should bring a notebook, a penor pencil and $20 for textbook. Forinformation is available in Spanish at theESL Citizenship Hotline at 214-340-9707.

• Jan. 9: Dallas Bears Membership MeetingNoon at Westdale Assest Management,10000 North Central Expressway. For moreinformation or a new member applicationvisit Dallasbears.org.

• Jan. 9: ESL Citizenship SeriesA new series of ESL citizenship classesbegins at the Bachman Lake Branch of theDallas Public Library, 9480 Webb Chapel Rd.These free classes are offered by DFWInternational Community Alliance and the

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• Jan 12: Survivors Offering SupportSupport group meeting for survivors ofviolent attacks meets every second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. Resource Center, 2701 Reagan.

• Jan. 12: Tarrant County Stonewall Democrats LGBT Democratic group meets at 7 p.m. every second Monday of the month atTommy’s Hamburgers, 2455 Forest Park Blvd.,Fort Worth. For more information [email protected].

• Jan 12: Dallas County Young DemocratsDiscussion of upcoming DCYD elections at6:30 p.m. and watch State of the Unionaddress at 8 p.m. Sue Ellen’s, 3014 Throckmorton St.

• Jan. 14: Fort Worth Transgender Resource GroupSupport and resource group meets everysecond Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at theBarron House, 516 College Ave., Fort Worth.Use side door. For more information visitFortWorth-transgender.org/home/index.php.

• Jan. 14: The GroupSupport group for black men who have sexwith men living with HIV meets from 7-9 p.m.every second and fourth Thursday of themonth at a private location. For moreinformation call 214-455-7316.

• Jan. 15: Little Black Dress preview partyDesigners for the 10th annual Fashion CITEDshow are having an LBD competition to seewhose dress is best. Complimentary valet,food and drinks. Benefits Legal Hospice ofTexas. 6:30-9 p.m. at Park Place Volvo, 3515 Inwood Road.

• Jan. 17: Dallas LGBT “We Make Peace”MLK Weekend BarbecueFamily-friendly LGBT barbecue with bounce houses, games, live entertainment and more from 3-8 p.m. at Lakeside Park, 4601 Lakeside Dr. For more informationcontact Shy Trotter at 972-375-8796.

• Jan. 17: Self-defense workshopA free self defense training lesson will betaught by Chuck Gary and David Downingand is open to the community. Learn skills that can help you to survive a confrontationand keep yourself safe. Noon at the Round-Up Saloon, 3912 Cedar Springs Road.

• Jan. 17: Tarrant County Gay Pride WeekAssociation MeetingTarrant County Pride’s monthly meeting at 3 p.m. at the Barron House at Celebration

Community Church, 908 Pennsylvania Ave.,Fort Worth.

• Jan. 19: Trans/SOFFA Meeting Fort Worth TranscendenceFort Worth chapter of trans and ally supportgroup meets monthly on first and thirdTuesdays from 7–9 p.m. at Agape MCC, 4615 East California Parkway, Fort Worth. For more information, contact Finn Jones byphone at 214-499-0378 or by email [email protected].

• Jan. 19: Oak Lawn Library volunteer orientationIf you are 14 or older and interested inbecoming a Dallas Public Library volunteer,attend this orientation. 6:30 p.m. at Oak LawnBranch Library, 4100 Cedar Springs Road.

• Jan. 21: GALA Third Thursday Happy HourMonthly LGBT and ally group happy hourfrom 5:30-8 p.m. at The End Zone, 3033 W. Parker Road, Plano. For moreinformation visit On.fb.me/1Pf8JF8.

• Jan. 22: Our Bodies Our Lives 2016Reproductive rights continue under attack.Dale Hansen and Amy Vanderoef appear from 6-8 p.m. DJ Jonathan Graham spins for adance party from 8-10 p.m. Seven for Parties,150 Turtle Creek Blvd. RSVP on the group’sFacebook page.

• Jan. 22: CinéWilde Presents Paris is BurningDoors open at 8 p.m. with pre-show ballhosted by United Black Ellument at 8:30 p.m.and movie at 9 p.m. followed by the annual

Community Ball at Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson. Benefits UBE. For tickets visit Bit.ly/1Pf8nhx.

• Jan. 28: Trans/SOFFA Group MeetingDallas TranscendenceNew Dallas chapter of trans and ally support group meets monthly at 7 p.m. at1017 S Elm St., Ste. 105, Carrollton.

• Jan. 28: The GroupSupport group for black men who have sexwith men living with HIV meets from 7-9 p.m.every second and fourth Thursday of themonth at a private location. For moreinformation call 214-455-7316.

• Jan. 29: Free neuter clinic, vaccination clinicThe Petropolitan Oak Cliff, 2406 Emmett St.,hosts a free Spay Neuter Network clinic forpets of residents of the 75211 Zip Code. This is a male neuter only clinic. Space islimited and appointments are required.Sponsors ask that interested pet owners maketheir appointments as soon as possible. That same day, from 10 a.m.-noon,Petropolitan Oak Cliff will hold avaccination/wellness clinic, open to everyone,with all necessary vaccinations available for$25. No appointment is necessary forvaccinations. For more information call 469-930-9827

• Jan. 29: LGBT Texas Exes & LonghornThe Ex-Students’ Association of the Universityof Texas, in an effort to engage and energize itsLGBT and ally students, graduate andsupporters, will hold a kickoff social at 5:30 p.m. at Cedar Springs Tap House, 4123 Cedar Springs Road, There is no

charge and the event is open to Texas Exes of Longhorn Supporters, with free appetizersand special drink prices. For informationFacebook.com/Events/958269664248016.

• Jan. 31: HRC DFW CarnibowlSupport HRC DFW chapter and win prizesfrom 1:30-4 p.m. at USA Bowl, 10920Composite Dr.$25 for per person or $100 for ateam of five. For tickets and more informationvisit Bit.ly/1Z8J8YT.

FEBRUARY

• Feb. 6: Lovebomb 2016 Benefit forQueerbomb DallasBenefit for Queerbomb Dallas’ annual eventwith entertainment and more at Zippers, 3333 N. Fitzhugh Ave. For more informationvisit On.fb.me/1Pf7ZQf.

• Feb. 6: Dash for the BeadsMardi Gras festival with 5K fun run, one milewalk, costume contest, beer garden with livemusic. 9:30 a.m. at Kidd Springs Park, 711 W. Canty St.

JUNE• June 3: MetroballDebbie Gibson and Tiffany headlineMetroball, the annual fundraiser for the Greg Dollgener Memorial AIDS Fund. S4, 3911 Cedar Springs Road.

• June 25: Queerbomb Dallas 20167 p.m. at RBC, 2617 Commerce. For moreinformation and to volunteer visitOn.fb.me/1Pf81HZ.


Jan. 17: “We Make Peace” Barbecue MLK Weekend Party

Celebrate MLK Weekend with a family-friendly outdoor barbecue for Dallas’ LGBT community, with free food, talent shows, bounce houses, games and live

entertainment at Lakeside Park.


Cox says new Resource Center

building will be landmark for

LGBT community

JaMeS RUSSeLL | Staff [email protected]

Resource Center CEO Cece Cox was on thesecond floor of the Resource Center’s new build-ing, currently under construction, when shewalked to a corner and stood against a beam.

“I think this is going to be my office,” said Cox,looking out onto what is still only a vast, openslate of concrete and metal beams.

But she’s seen the plans and raised the funds

to get to this moment. Plus, she is the boss. Sheknows where everything will be.

And in just a few months, Cox will be lookingout onto a busy new building for the region’smost well-known LGBT advocacy center.

“The drawing of the office space on the blue-print now includes the [actual location for the]furniture,” Cox said.

The 20,000-square-foot community center atthe corner of Cedar Springs and Inwood, in frontof the Cathedral of Hope, was designed by Dal-las architect James Langford, a protégé of the late,legendary architect I.M. Pei, who also designedDallas City Hall and the Meyerson SymphonyCenter.

Although Langford worked with Pei, his de-signs — including Northaven United Methodist

Church — deviate from Pei’s brutalism. But Pei’sbelieved that “light is the key,” and Pei’s use ofnatural light stuck with Langford.

Cox said she wasn’t concerned that there wasa straight architect designing this building for anLGBT organization. What mattered, she said,was that in designing the building, he was pas-sionate about commemorating LGBT history.

The building is triangular and both floors havea triangular floor pattern. It is an intentional nodto the pink triangle as a symbol of LGBT history.

“The new Resource Center building is makinga statement locally and nationwide. The build-ing’s design and the symbols were approachedwith great care by the architect,” said Ted Kin-caid, a local gay artist who served as chair of theart acquisition committee for the new building.

The new center consolidates programs that arecurrently spread across three facilities. It is de-signed to accommodate many, but not all, of thecenter’s current programs. As the new home forsocial and support groups like Gray Pride as wellas the center’s counseling partnership withSouthern Methodist University, it offers largemeeting and office spaces.

But Resource Center’s current 12,000-square-foot home at Reagan and Brown is not goingaway. It will be remodeled to consolidate HIVservices, nutrition services and the food pantry.

The center is keeping the location for a num-ber of reasons, Cox said, including the fact thatthe space is familiar to clients. But it is also his-

Light is the key

LIGHT, Page 17

Resource Center CEO Cece Cox stands on the site of the future community center designed by local architect James Langford. (James Russell/Dallas Voice)


Mission stays the same,

but approach changes

JaMeS RUSSeLL | Staff [email protected]

In 2015, Trans Pride Initiative’s Nell Gaitherjoined a select group of other LGBT advocatesfrom around the country to discuss with federalpolicymakers in Washington, D.C., the LGBTcommunity’s barriers and successes under the Af-fordable Care Act.

Trans Pride Initiative worked with ResourceCenter here in Dallas to secure gender identityprotections for public transportation passengersnationwide, and representatives were asked tospeak before local organizations and at regionaland national conferences.

TPI’s tireless advocacy isn’t going away in2016. But the organization will be doing things alittle differently.

The transgender advocacy and resource groupalso has a new space to try things out.

Beginning thismonth, every

Monday from 4-6 p.m., Gaither and other TPImembers will hold office hours in the storefrontoffice of Community Pharmacy on CedarSprings Road. The building, located next to thefire station and run by Walgreens, is used byother community groups as well, such as UT-Southwestern’s Community Prevention and In-tervention Unit.

“It’s not permanent,” Gaither said of thearrangement, adding that TPI wants to see if itworks out. Individuals who want to learn aboutthe organization, participate in its work, reportviolence or get resources are free to stop in, sheadded.

But TPI is also changing its organizational cul-ture. It will remain focused on access to life essen-tials like healthcare and housing for low-incometrans people. But members to expand its work intoareas of employment and education.

“Looking at what already exists in the area, wesee a lot of organizations providing social sup-port. What’s needed and missing are organiza-tion linking people to services, working with thetransgender community and helping people ad-vance our own rights,” Gaither said.

The change in approach stems from a lot oflearning by doing.

Since its incorporation in 2011, TPI has run asan inclusive and democratic group. So boardmeetings have always been open to the public. Tocultivate the public support, board members andvolunteers would get out into the community.

A “big part” of TPI’s networking activity in-cluded networking meetings providing a chancefor transgender groups and resource providersto get and work together.

“We at first went out and connected with peo-ple then hoped people would see us at our eventsand get involved. But that never happened,”Gaither said. “So we wondered, ‘How do westructure differently?’”

Experimentation influenced the structuralchange. So did the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, aNew York-based, collectively-run transgenderlegal and advocacy group with goals similar toTPI’s.

“We want it to be a more horizontal structure,reducing the board’s significance,” Gaither said.Instead of a board that trickles responsibilitydown to others, the members and committees takethe helm.

“My idea was to originally coordinate across all[groups],” Gaither said. “I always had the idea towork with marginalized populations. And I’velearned you have to go to them.”

At the first open meeting for the community,TPI received interest in a number of committees,including the anti-violence, prison and health-care committees.

“If a volunteer is serious enough we’ll havea housing committee too,” Gaither said. “Oth-erwise we’ll start working on those three com-

mittees and gradually build from there. It’sa process we’re learning on the way.” •

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Concerns about guns at Kroger,

walkability and the store closing in

the future cloud neighborhood’s

view of deal involving library

daVId TaFFeT | Senior Staff [email protected]

Kroger on Cedar Springs Road is among the su-permarket chain’s most successful stores acrossthe country, according to Gary Huddleston,Kroger’s southwest division spokesman. But withcompetition moving into the neighborhood, thecompany would like to expand and upgrade thestore and add parking.

To do that, it needs the Oak Lawn Branch of theDallas Public Library to move. Kroger officialshave proposed moving the library to the secondfloor of the store’s planned expanded space.

Store representatives estimated that the landwhere the library now sits would add 100 parkingspaces. But expansion of the store from the currentbuilding to Knight Street would take about 60spaces. The expansion would add about 20,000square feet, increasing the store by almost 50 per-cent.

But everything presented at a meeting at the li-brary on Tuesday, Jan. 5 was preliminary.

“These are conceptual plans to improve the li-brary and improve our store,” Huddleston said.

Kroger paid for construction of the current li-brary before opening the Cedar Springs store. Theformer library sat approximately in the middle ofwhat is now Kroger’s parking lot and needed tobe moved to make the store feasible.

The current building is larger than the previousbranch, but is technologically out of date andsmaller than new Dallas Public Library branches,according to Jo Giudice, director of the Dallas Pub-lic Library.

The crowd that came to hear about the plansand ask questions overflowed the library’s meet-ing room.

“This is an illustration of why we need a biggermeeting space at this library,” Giudice said. “It willbe at no cost to the city.”

That’s because Kroger would pay the cost ofbuilding the new branch and lease it to the libraryrent-free.

In addition to increasing the space by about5,000 square feet, new construction would makethe library more energy efficient.

But as questions began, one member of thecommunity after another criticized Kroger for itsgun policy. Kroger is the only major chain that hasnot banned open carry in its stores.

Huddleston said the store is just following thelaw, but several audience members pointed out tohim that putting up a sign to ban open carry gunsalso follows the law. Other community memberstold him his store was the only one on CedarSprings allowing open carry and is out of sync

with the community.Councilman Adam Medrano defended the

store’s community involvement. He said the storeresponded quickly to his request to replaceburned out lights around the property when hebegan working on increasing safety in the neigh-borhood after a series of attacks began in Septem-ber.

Giudice said there would be more security inthe location above Kroger.

Councilman Philip Kingston said the neighbor-hood cares a lot about the library, but he voicedconcern about moving it from its current site.

“It doesn’t address the street well,” Kingstonsaid.

Moving the library away from the street wouldtake away from the neighborhood’s urban feel. Anumber of people attending the meeting ad-dressed walkability and access to the neighbor-hood.

Kroger representatives seemed to think a wideopen parking lot was what made the propertywalkable.

Few people in the room liked the plans pre-sented. One called the new store something thatwould look good in Irving. Another said the li-brary would lose its identity. And referring to itsgun policy, one community member asked Krogerto “have more sensitivity to the neighborhood.”

Another concern was what would happen tothe library if the supermarket closed in 10 years.

Kroger execs float plans for expansion

New restaurants are opening, a lot

remains vacant, one bar may be

forced to close and another may not

lose its lease

daVId TaFFeT | Senior Staff [email protected]

Expect an empty field, at least two new restau-rants and maybe a new bar along Cedar SpringsRoad in 2016.

Kroger may face some stiff competition when anew Central Market opens a few blocks away, buteven though some of the land has been cleared, atimeline for the new store is still in question.

An empty field, where the first gay-ownedbusiness on Cedar Springs Road once stood, re-mains fenced. Warwick Melrose Hotel bought theland several years ago when the owners of TheBronx, a restaurant that opened in the 1975, re-tired.

MELROSE HOTEL

The building that once housed The Bronx wasrazed to accommodate plans to build a pool andother gym facilities for the hotel, as well as a largeballroom. Various plans developed over the lastcouple of years, that originally included a parkinggarage, are on hold, according to a source at thehotel who asked not to be identified.

Originally, the hold up on developing the prop-erty was the sale of liquor. Only the footprint that

included the building that housed TheBronx was wet. The

rest

of the property that’s been cleared was dry. Rumors that adjacent buildings housing Thai

Lotus, Liquid Zoo and Cafe Brazil were also soldto The Melrose Hotel are unfounded, according tothe source.

“They haven’t done anything with the otherproperty,” he said.

So for the foreseeable part of 2016, CedarSprings Road will continue to have a fenced lotwelcoming visitors to the gayborhood, with nosign of construction.

STREET’S FINE CHICKEN

Rumors that the building on the corner of Rea-gan Street and Cedar Springs Road that was hometo the Black-eyed Pea would be torn down tobuild a parking lot are unfounded.

Restaurateur Gene Street opened The Black-eyed Pea in 1975 and sold it to Phoenix RestaurantGroup 10 years later. Over the years, the restaurantchain that started on Cedar Springs Road was soldseveral times. At one point it was owned byDenny’s. The current owner is Restaurants Acqui-sition I of Arlington, which owns 15 Black-eyedPeas and Dixie House, also created by Street, inLakewood Village Shopping Center. The com-pany declared bankruptcy last fall.

When Street sold the restaurant, he retainedownership of the building. After losing his leaseson two other Oak Lawn restaurants last year —Good Eats and Snookies — he decided not torenew the Black-eyed Pea lease to give himselfroom to open Street’s Fine Chicken this spring.The menu will include the original Black-eyed Peachicken-fried steak as well as the hot rolls origi-nally served at the restaurant.

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In the wake of the recent rash ofviolet attacks in the gayborhood,Chuck Gary and David Downingreturn to the Round-Up Saloon onJan. 17 to once again offer a work-shop in self-defense.

Gary, a Tae Kwon Do instructorat Oak Lawn Boxing Gym, andDowning, who learned martialarts from his aunt to defend him-self in high school, taught a similarworkshop at the Cedar Springsnightclub last November.

“Since the start of the attackshere at Oak Lawn, it’s very important that everyone comes up to speed on what they can do to protectthemselves,” Gary said, referring to the 14 assaults that have occurred in Oak Lawn since the first ofSeptember. The latest attack, which occurred in December, happened in the Round-Up’s parking lot.

The workshop will include elements of Tae Kwon Do, boxing and Krav Maga, a form of self-defensedeveloped for and used by Israeli special forces, Gary said. He and Downing will spend about half theworkshop talking about how to avoid being attacked in the first place, and the other half teaching at-tendees how to defend themselves if they are attacked.

“Awareness is the key factor,” Gary said. “What do you do the minute you walk out of that bar? Youobserve, see who’s there. Look for places of possible ambush and avoid that. The one attack you willalways win is the one you don’t have.”

He also said there are simple things that can be done to ward off attackers: “Some of the simple thingsput people in awe. You never think of some of the moves you can do that are so simple.”

The workshop will include instruction on maneuvers to disarm an attacker. “If they are going toshoot you, then you’ve got nothing to lose by attacking them,” Gary said. “And there are techniques toget the gun away from them and shoot them.”

But it’s not cowardly to run away from an attack, Downing noted.“If you’re in a situation where you don’t feel you have a choice, you have three to five seconds to do

something or you’re the one who’s going to be in trouble,” he said. “If you ever make it to the groundin a fight, you’re in big trouble.”

Although Gary is a bodybuilder who once weighed 245 pounds, he said anyone can learn to defendthemselves. “Age and size mean nothing,” he noted. “It’s your skill” that counts.

And, Downing warned, never underestimate smaller people.“I got my ass kicked once by somebody who was 5-foot-6 and 110 pounds,”

he said.Chuck Gary and David Downing lead a workshop on self-

defense on Saturday, Jan. 17, from noon-1 p.m., atThe Round-Up Saloon, 3912 Cedar

Springs Road. •— Mathew Shaw

ZEPHYR

Zephyr is another new addition to the CedarSprings street scene and should be open in thenext few weeks. Rain has prevented workers frominstalling the new awning that will make the out-door patio usable year round.

The new restaurant is inspired by Europeancafes, according to co-owner Josh Friedman, whois developing the location with Thairrific ownerDanny Sikora.

The former Zini’s location has been completelyrebuilt with new kitchen facilities and little leftfrom the former tenant. Everything from light fix-tures to inlaid flooring is new.

Prepared meals will be available for take out ordelivery, but customers will be welcome to sit andlinger. Free Wi-Fi will be available throughout therestaurant, including on the patio.

“I want to bring back when people walked upand down the street and stopped and sat forawhile,” Friedman said.

In addition to interesting fixtures that includetin ceiling tiles used on one of the counters, marbletables, planters, pews and tables from an EastTexas antique barn and other touches that havewarmed this space as it’s never been before, Fried-man said he spent $10,000 on high-end securitycameras that can clearly see as far as the library onCedar Springs Road and more than a block downThrockmorton Street.

CENTRAL MARKET

Another mainstay — La Madeleine — off CedarSprings Road but in Oak Lawn is slated to go.

The block along Lemmon Av-enue from Reagan toThrock-

morton will become a new Central Market withan urban design — two floors for shopping andunderground parking.

Half the block has been demolished already.Condos facing Bowser Street were torn down thisweek. The Taco Bueno is gone.

The building housing La Madeleine has beensold, but no eviction notice has been given to therestaurant, which has occupied the space for closeto 30 years. A spokesperson at La Madeleine’s cor-porate office in Dallas said it’s not going any-where. Under its lease, it must be given six monthsnotice to evacuate the premises.

The original La Madeleine was on MockingbirdLane near Southern Methodist University. TheLemmon Avenue location was one of the next lo-cations for the French restaurant. There are now21 locations in Dallas, 30 others in Texas and oth-ers in New Orleans, Tulsa, Orlando and Washing-ton, D.C.

BARS

Havana’s liquor license has been suspendedand the nightclub remains closed. Owners are ap-pealing to Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.If successful in their appeal, the owners are plan-ning to reopen.

After a bouncer was stabbed at The Brick, a newcompany has been hired for that bar to improvesecurity there. In addition to the attack at the bar,two of the Oak Lawn attacks happenedwithin a block of the Tollwaybridge. •

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Misadventures of a gay traveler

include flight delays, a missed ship,

a gay resort and a broken ankle

“I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up.” That wasme just before Christmas, on a publicphone in the popular LGBT Blue

Chairs Resort in Puerto Vallarta, after tripping andfalling on the rooftop veranda floor.

“Very funny,” the desk clerk said, apparentlythinking I was imitating the television commercial.“Are you drunk?” Then he hung up, thinking itwas just another crazy American on a bender inMexico.

I crawled on my hands and knees to the elevator.Unfortunately, I couldn’t reach the call button so Istarted yelling, “Help!” Soon guys started comingout of their rooms, and the desk clerk, who washorrified when he realized I really was injured,called an ambulance.

This sad tale is about an aborted 18-day holidaydream cruise departing San Diego, hugging the Pa-cific coast with stops all along the southern route,then crossing the Panama Canal to venturethrough the Caribbean, with a stop at Aruba andin the Bahamas before docking in Fort Lauderdale.

Unfortunately, I never stepped foot on HollandAmerica’s MS Amsterdam and instead returnedhome to Dallas-Fort Worth for emergency surgeryon a broken ankle.

We’ve all heard airplane travel has changeddrastically in recent year. But the reality of the fly-ing experience today will shock the most seasonedtraveler. It’s not important what airline I was flyingbecause they all operate the same today. Policiesare more geared toward turning profits than satis-fying patrons.

I had spent three months planning my tripdown to the tiniest detail before I left for DFW In-

ternational AirportDec. 18. As we saton the plane —buckled up, readyto lift off and al-ready 30 minuteslate — the captainadvised us of a me-chanical problem.About 45 minuteslater, he told us toreturn to the termi-nal.

For the next six hours we waited, and every 60minutes the monitors revised our departure timeby an hour. Our bags were on the plane, and wecould not retrieve them to make other arrange-ments. In fact, there were no other arrangementsto be made. That’s the result of cutbacks in thenumber of flights operating today.

I met one other passenger in the terminalheaded for the cruise ship, a gay 91-year-old WorldWar II veteran who planned to meet his gay 94-year-old brother from San Francisco onboard. Hehung out with me after hearing me complain to theairline representatives.

For hours our plane sat at the gate, preventingother planes from landing and unloading and re-loading. Chaos ensued as passengers came andwent, looking for their planes.

Finally, after the mechanics finished we boardedand the plane took off for San Diego, arriving abouttwo hours after my ship left the port. The captainasked us to be nice to the flight attendants becauseafter all, “they’ve been sitting and waiting too.”

In San Diego we met a crowd of passengerswaiting for the flight back to Dallas who had beenstranded. When we got there, my new friend andI went to the airlines ticket counter — if we hadbeen expecting concern and assistance, we had that

figured wrong. We were traveling coach, not firstclass.

At first, the ticket agent refused to put us up inhotel rooms for the night, but a manager reversedthat decision. Still, they balked when I asked themto book us complimentary flights to Puerto Vallartawhere the ship would dock first.

Their advice: “Always book your airplane travelwith us through the cruise line so they can take careof your needs.” Then they offered to sell me a ticketto Puerto Vallarta through Phoenix for almost$1,000. I declined.

My new friend bought the last remaining ticketon another airline for about $500. The managersaid I couldn’t expect the airline to help me outwhen I had paid so little for my ticket online. Later,I found a ticket on Expedia for $265 on the verysame flight offered to me by the airline for $1,000.

The next day, I flew to Phoenix where the agentstold me they had oversold the flight so I still mightnot make it to the ship. I begged them to get me onthe flight, and somehow they did.

When I arrived in Puerto Vallarta I reconnectedwith my new friend at the Blue Chairs, where wehad booked rooms the previous night. We wentout to dinner at Café Olla, my favorite restaurantin the resort. What a fiasco we had endured, butwe toasted with margaritas over the thought ofboarding the ship Monday morning.

Later that night I was walking in the moonlight,trying to relax enough to get some sleep after twohectic travel days. I tripped in the dark.

Long story short, I went to a Mexican hospitalwhere they put my ankle in a pre-operative castand charged me about $2,800. You don’t get yourpassport back if you don’t pay the bill. (Nevertravel in a foreign country without travel insurancethat will reimburse emergency medical expenses.)I flew home to Dallas on the same airline Mondaymorning, but first class this time. What a difference$200 makes in the price of a ticket and how you gettreated. They actually showed me some sympathyand catered to me.

I had said goodbye to my new friend whoboarded the ship as I headed for the airport.

My nephew and his wife, who live in WinnetkaHeights, picked me up at the airport and the nextday she took me to the doctor, who sent me imme-diately to surgery. Now, I’m home on Cedar CreekLake, recovering and confined to a wheelchair.

The airline representatives in San Diego told mewhen I take a cruise I should always arrive in thecity a day before the ship leaves. Obviously, the air-lines can’t be trusted to get you where you aregoing on time.

I also will take their advice and book my airtravel through the cruise line, whose representa-tives could not have been more gracious. Theyhave already refunded all of the money I paid forthe cruise, including the entertainment package.

What’s more, I’m flying first class from now on.It’s nice to be treated a little special, rather thanbeing herded around like a cow on a trailer. •

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A Tom Thumb located across the street boomedwithout much competition for years. That storewas renovated in the early 1990s and was gonewithin 10 years after Kroger opened.

A Kroger representative said the companywould offer the library a 50-year lease, but detailsneed to be worked out with the city attorney. Still,he offered no real answer to questions about whatwould happen if Kroger closed that location ordisappeared as a corporation.

Kingston noted that signing the property wherethe library is now located over to Kroger may notbe legal.

While the land the library sits on may be worth$1 million, building a new library branch costs $6million.

Huddleston said his staff took extensive notesat the meeting, and would be back with more de-tailed plans. He said the company hopes to openits enlarged Cedar Springs store with new libraryby 2018.

“Kroger’s heart may be in the right place butI’m not sure their heads are quite there yet with2016 urban design ideas,” said Steve Byars, whoattended the meeting. •

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torically significant to the region’s LGBT commu-nity.

The center was recently forced to change someplans when it lost the lease on the space where thefood pantry is currently located. So staff acceler-ated the schedule, forcing renovation of the Rea-gan and Brown location to start early.

There was never any possibility necessary serv-ices like the food pantry would be halted. Coxcredited the center’s staff for working around theinconveniences and ensuring sure clients still gotthe support they need.

“Plans have changed, but the building and ren-ovations will be delightful,” Cox said.

“We don’t need the building to be fancy, but weneed the space to be uplifting,” Cox added, notingthat the move into the new building is scheduledfor March.

Art to uplift

There’s also another new feature: art decorat-ing the walls, including works by internationallyrenowned artists such as Kincaid, Denton’s An-nette Lawrence and the late Felix González-Tor-res.

Cox asked Kincaid to head the art acquisitioncommittee early in the campaign. He is closewith Cox, but also well known for his public artprojects. His work is in the collections of the Dal-las Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Hous-

ton and the Human Rights Campaign’s head-quarters in Washington, D.C.

After he accepted the position of chair of theart acquisition committee, Kincaid assembled agroup he called his “dream team,” including col-lectors, curators and artists.

Every single person said yes.“I wanted people to bring different things to

the building,” Kincaid said. But there was oneimportant thing: they did not want to spend onedime of funds raised on the art collection.

“The capital is about the resources,” Kincaidsaid.

The artists include David Aylsworth of Hous-ton, Diedrick Brackens of San Francisco, KelliConnell of Chicago, Gabriel Dawe of Dallas, JayShinn of Dallas and New York and the late JohnWilcox of Dallas.

Kincaid said the work by Gonzalez-Torres,who died of AIDS-related complications in 1996,is on loan from the Rachofsky collection, one ofthe most well known collections of modern andcontemporary Western art in the country.

Wilcox, who also died from AIDS-relatedcomplications, was one of the first artists to cometo mind when selecting works.

Like the building, each work represents thepast.

“You have to acknowledge the past, but thework can’t be all about it. You also have to lookto the future,” Kincaid said. •

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fitnessResolve toget in shape

‘Work Out New York’ gay trainer Courtney Paul knowshow to make you keep your New Year’s resolutions

SCOTT HUFFMAN | Contributing [email protected]

With the holidays now behind us — both literally andfiguratively — many will resume temporarily aban-doned efforts to improve diet and fitness. Perhaps

you have resolved to lose a few extra pounds, or maybe yousimply have hesitated to get back into the gym. In either case,Courtney Paul — an out celebrity fitness trainer and one ofthe stars of Bravo’s new reality series Work Out New York—offers several timely tips to get us on track for better health in2016.

MotivationLike many, you may find yourself bored with your normal

exercise routine. Or, you may simply need a little assistance inmustering workout excitement. As a fitness fatigue remedy,Paul suggests shaking things up. He believes finding motiva-tion can be as easy as picking up a new fitness magazine. “You need to change the way you think,” Paul says. “For

me, when I get a fitness magazine, it will help give me newideas or new workouts that I haven’t done in a while. Some-times you’ll get in a rut and you’ll do the same movements allthe time. That is one way you can get out of your normal,basic routine, and it will help motivate you.”Paul also recommends seeking out trendy fitness boutiques

for a new and challenging change of pace. In fact, many findthat working out with others can be motivating. Paul sug-gests enrolling in boot camp or joining a spin class to renewexercise enthusiasm.“Right now, fitness studios are the hot thing,” Paul says.

“There’s SoulCycle, Barry’s Bootcamp, Orangetheory andFlywheel. Whenever you try something different with a newtechnique or method, it will also help motivate you to get offyour fucking couch and get that ass moving.”

GoalsTo maintain motivation, Paul suggests writing down a

long-term goal and short-term goals. The long-term goal isyour fitness destination, complete with an arrival time. Short-term goals are congratulatory milestones to keep you going. “Without a goal, it’s just a wish,” Paul says, “and that wish

may not happen unless you write it down. You’ve got to havea goal with a certain deadline. That’s the only way that willwork.”Once your fitness plan is underway, don’t even consider

cheating. “Would you cheat on me?” the handsome Paul

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of disciplines he’s happy to pass along. (Photo courtesy Project Publicity)


quips with a smile, likening cheating on a fitness plan to betraying a significant other. As you accom-plish short-term goals, Paul recommends treating yourself to something materialistic rather than re-warding yourself with food or beer or wine. For example, buy yourself jeans, a shirt and shoes, thenmake these items a part of your wardrobe when you treat yourself to a trip after achieving your long-term goal. “The cheat-meal only sets you back, especially with diet,” Paul counsels. “We are all human. We all

love to have drinks and food and to eat. But at a certain time, your taste buds will change. I am on aclean diet right now, and there are certain things I do not want to eat. I do not go for the cheat meal orthe cheat diet or the cheat drinks. Whenever you cheat, it is only robbery from your results that youcould have gotten sooner.”

RestPerhaps you have heard the mantra: rest is as important as reps. Muscles need adequate rest to aid

in growth and strengthening. Over time, shortchanging yourself on down time can exact a physicaltoll. Paul suggests blocking out recovery time, no matter how busy your day may be.“If your body is tired, you need to rest,” Paul says. “Let’s just say your body is a machine. If a ma-

chine has been running and running, it does not perform as well. Sometimes you have to unplug it.Let it cool down. Let it recharge for it to be better. You need certain sleep for your body to recuperate.If your body doesn’t recuperate, there is more chance of injury.”

MythbustingPaul is quick to dispel a couple of popular misconceptions that might derail your renewed fitness

journey. For example, he warns against falling for the “no pain, no gain” workout theory. In fact, thefitness guru recommends paying attention to pain and then altering your workout accordingly toavoid harm. “That’s the number one myth that I hate,” Paul says. “If there is pain, that’s your body’s way of

saying stop. You have to listen to your body. If you don’t listen to your body with the small messages,it will send you a larger message and a larger message and it will make you stop. The bigger messagewill be an injury.”Another popular gym myth is the belief that you are not exercising hard enough unless you work

up a big sweat. The truth, however, is that wetter doesn’t always mean better. Sweat is more a func-tion of genetics than it is an indicator of accomplishment.“Some people just are sweaters,” Paul says. “I don’t sweat that much. I could be killing you in the

gym. And people are like, ‘You are not even working out!’ Just because you don’t sweat that much,doesn’t mean that you aren’t training as hard.”

ActionFinally, Paul counsels against hesitation. You are the only obstacle to achieving the results you de-

sire. You have only one body, after all, so take care of it by making informed decisions … even if thatmeans seeking a trainer’s advice.“When you hesitate on going to the gym, you are hesitating on your own results,” Paul says.

“When you hesitate on making the right decision like cooking your meals or going the healthierroute, it’s pushing your results out even further. And if you cannot pick the right road, that’s when apersonal trainer comes into play. That’s when we help.” •

Courtney Paul motivates clients weekly on the new reality series ‘Work Out New York,’ airing Sundays.

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Jorge Cruise is all about changing one’s life for the better… even if it took him a while to findhis own best self. The Mexico City-born celebrity fitness trainer and New York Times bestselling author of more

than 20 lifestyle and diet books (including The Belly Fat Cure series), Cruise made a major self-im-provement adjustment of his own five years ago: He came out of the closet. Today, the San Diego-based 44-year-old is happily engaged to boyfriend Sam Ayers (they met in 2014 and will tie theknot in Capri, Italy on July 2), co-parenting two sons from a previous (heterosexual) marriage, andlaunching a brand new tome and lifestyle strategy, Tiny And Full: Discover Why Eating A VeganBreakfast Will Keep You Tiny And Full For The Rest of Your Life (BenBella Books). A regular guest on TV programs like The Dr. Oz Show, here Cruise discusses his vegan-

in-the-morning diet program, healthy eating tips, gay parenting and his soon-to-behubby… and their 20-year age difference.

— Lawrence Ferber

Dallas Voice: How did you discover this vegan break-fast diet? Jorge Cruise: Well, as many of us know, thevegan diet has taken the world by storm. Beyonce hastried it, President Clinton has, and many of my clientshave. But it’s hard and not always fun. Most peoplecannot commit to this type of lifestyle long-term be-cause you have to completely eliminate any animalproducts — meat, cheese, eggs, even honey. How-ever, the vegan way of eating is very good for you andhas a lot of health benefits. So, with Tiny and Full, I’vecome up with a way to be a part-time vegan to reap thebenefits without the 24/7 commitment. You only have toeat a vegan breakfast, then you’re set free to eat ani-mal-based foods [the rest of the day]. I still encourageyou to regard meat as a condiment and fill your platewith lots of plant-based foods like leafy greens, vegeta-bles, and fruits, but incorporating animal-based foods isimportant. In fact, it’s vital not to be a full-time veganbecause you miss out on nutrients like B12 that areonly found in animal-based foods and help maintainenergy throughout the day.

What about egg addicts? Is there any sort of egg re-placement on the market now or coming up? You

can eat eggs on my plan as long as they’re not for

breakfast. If you find that you need to start your day off

with protein, I recommend using pea protein, a very

new type of protein that is 100 percent vegan. It’s also

my best-kept secret for feeling full until lunch. It pro-

vides you with all the benefits of protein — staying full

for longer, reducing the drive to eat all day long — with-

out all the problems that come with other protein pow-

ders. Plus, it’s delicious, affordable and available

anywhere protein powders are sold. [His own brand is

available at TinyandFull.com.]

It’s been five years since you came out; has it madeany difference in your career? I honestly don’t see

any differences in my career. I feel that the health and

fitness industry has continued to embrace me and my

methods. All the books I did, the media for whatever

reason, everyone I worked with has been incredibly

supportive. And women especially, they realized a gay

male fitness trainer is notgoing to really intimidate them,not going to judge them bybutts or boobs. It brought mecloser.

You have two sons: Parker (11)and Owen (9). Do you let themeat “bad” foods? What aretheir dietary habits like? Parkeris a total health enthusiast andOwen is right on his tail. I alwayssay that the secret is being thechange you want to see. If youwant your kids to eat healthier, thenyou have to eat healthier as well.Kids will always follow by example,and since my sons were born they’vealways seen me eat healthy foods.

What is the craziest thing you’veheard your kids say lately? Theother day my oldest son asked me, “Isthis pepperoni nitrate-free?” It was a bitshocking to hear an 11-year-old askingabout processed meat. I’m pretty surehe saw on the news or heard me talkingto [my fiancé] Sam about these newstudies on how processed meat is being linkedto cancer. I told you, my Parker is a total healthenthusiast.

What are a few tips for gay couples consideringchildren? My advice to any couple, straight orgay, is that being a parent is the greatest gift in life, butalso the most challenging. Being a parent is the mostfulfilling job I’ve ever had. I’d encourage those who arethinking of having kids to start spending time with othercouples with kids and even babysitting them.

Tell me a bit about your fiancé, Sam. Sam really holdsdown the home base for us as a family. He’s the onewho helps balance everything in our life and I couldn’tdo it without him. You might not know this, but Sam [is

Veggingout Gay celebrity fitness expert Jorge

Cruise on the perfect healthy diet(that you can maintain), fatherhoodand his upcoming nuptials

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20 years younger than I am], which to some is ahuge shock, but I truly believe that age is just anumber. I’d encourage your readers to not let anage difference stop a couple from making it work.

Name three Jorge Cruise books that are must-reads for newcomers. There’s only one bookthat is a must, and that’s Tiny and Full. It is themost profound, life-altering book I’ve ever written.I’ve devised this book to be the only lifestyle planyou will ever have to follow. No crash diets, nostarvation, no weird ingredients. You will becomethe best you. It is not a “diet” book, it truly is a

lifestyle makeover. You will be healthier, confident,inspired, not to mention have abs of steel.

Is there one “villain” food that is actually OK?One villain food is chocolate-covered bananas.Many of my celebrity clients like to add somechocolate to their diet, and I think that’s totally finein moderation. I always recommend my go-to,which is carob-chocolate bananas, which is basi-cally just dipping bananas into melted carob chipsand almond milk. This gives you that sweet andsavory feeling, but doesn’t throw your entire dietoff course.

WORK OUT DALLAS: GYMS, FITNESS CENTERS & YOGA STUDIOS

Club Dallas — Exclusively serving gay men for more than 30

years, this institution actually has one of the largest gyms in the

city, and is open 24 hours, 365 days a year. 2616 Swiss Ave.,

214-821-1990, The-Clubs.com.

CrossFit — The popular cross-training system has various lo-

cations, including 4226 Ross Ave. and 5454 Lemmon Ave.,

CrossFit214.com.

Dallas Yoga Center — Offers a full slate of classes and vari-

ous membership options in Uptown. 4525 Lemmon Ave., Ste.

305, DallasYogaCenter.com.

Diesel Fitness — Located on the third floor of the Centrum,

it’s right in the heart of the gayborhood. 3102 Oak Lawn Ave.,

Suite 300, 214-219-6400, DieselFitness214.com.

Deadman Center for Lifetime Sports — Located on the

SMU campus, it offers wall climbing, a weight room, 1/7-mile

indoor track, swimming, racquetball courts and aerobic dance

rooms. 6000 Bush Ave., 214-768-3374.

Equinox — This national gym offers a full range of fitness

services. 4023 Oak Lawn Ave., Equinox.com.

Gold’s Gym — Locations are throughout the city, but the one

in Uptown serves a fit, very gay customer base. 2425 McKin-

ney Ave., 214-306-9000, GoldsGym.com.

King Spa & Sauna — Open 24/7, clients can partake in detox-

ifying, anti-inflammatory, depuration and skin rejuvenation

saunas. 2154 Royal Lane, KingSpa.com.

LA Fitness — The ones on Lemmon and a Signature on

Haskell are popular with gay clientele. 4540 W. Mockingbird

Lane and 2690 N. Haskell Ave., LAFitness.com.

Spa Castle — Massive full-service gym in the heart of

“Bearollton.” 1020 Raiford Road, Carrollton, 972-466-6800, TX.

SpaCastleUSA.com.

Sunstone Yoga — With 13 locations locally, the Uptown one

remains very popular with eight different types of yoga prac-

tices. 2907 Routh St., SunstoneYoga.com.

Title Boxing Club — Boxing gym. 4140 Lemmon Ave., Ste.

275. 214-520-2964, TitleBoxingClub.com.

Trophy Fitness Club — Among the five locations are one in

the Downtown Mosaic and in one Uptown. 1700 Pacific Ave.

and 2812 Vine St., Suite 300, TrophyFitnessClub.com.

24 Hour Fitness — Popular locations include Downtown and

at Mockingbird and Greenville. 700 N. Harwood St. and 5706

E. Mockingbird Lane, 24HourFitness.com.

Vigor Massage and Personal Training — Trainer Robert

Elorduy offers a full-service personal training gym along swiss

Avenue. 3102 Swiss Ave., 903-422-6044.

YMCA Downtown — Partake in personal training, sports,

swimming. 601 N. Akard St., 214-954-0500, YMCADallas.org.

Yoga Sport — Specializes in power flow classes. 140 Lem-

mon Ave., Ste. 280, 214-520-YOGA, YogaSportDallas.com.

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For anyone who thinks life in the gay community ends at age 30, Jeff Lanieris living proof it can get started well after that.Lanier was already in his early 40s when he came out as gay. Around the

same time, he was asked by a photographer friend to model for him. Nude.“I just kinda fell into it,” he says humbly. Since starting four years ago, full-

nude shoots is “mostly what I do. I’ve never really had a problem with nudity —I’m a free spirit. I just see the human body as art.”Darrin Miller has a similar story. He did not begin nude modeling until his 40s

as well, and ever since he started, he’s been on a quest to demystify the nakedmale body — to prove that you don’t have to be pornographic to appreciate nu-dity.“I find it fascinating that in our country, if a women is nude, it’s art; if a man is

nude, [it’s a scandal],” Miller says. “So I wanted to have a photographic exhibi-tion that shows what I consider to be classic portrayal of the male body in an un-

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A new one-night-only gallery exhibition explores themale nude in photography, with local models aplenty

Bodybeautiful

The exhibition of male nudes will

feature upwards of 60 photographs

of mostly local models taken by local

photographers, including this one

from Landon Harris. (Photo courtesy

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sexual, unaroused state.”The result is the upcoming show Celebrating

the Male Form, which exhibits for one-night-only at the Basement Gallery. Setting up the ex-hibit “was just a perchance thing,” Millerexplains. “I went to the Basement Gallery wherethey have a drink-and-draw, where models poseand you draw them. They do mostly pop art,but [I asked the owner], would he be open todoing a show that celebrated the male nude? Hesaid sure!”“The biggest reason I did it was, for lack of a

better term, to celebrate the simplicity [andbeauty] of the male body. Someone once said, awoman can stand completely naked and it’s art,but a guy has to be doing something — playingsports and such,” he says. Miller then put the word out on Model May-

hem, a website networking models and photog-raphers, to gauge interest. More than a dozenparticipants (artists and models) have submittedworks for the show. Miller expects more than 60images will be featured. One of the participating photographers is

Russell Windle, who’s been involved in photog-raphy (behind the lens and in front) since he was13 more than 50 years ago. (“My age right now

doesn’t permit modeling,” he jokes.) He citesPaul Freeman, an Australian photographer, andMark Henderson from Austin, as influences —artists “who help take the taboo out of the malenude,” Windle says. He personally employspost-shoot effects to add an artistic element. “I try to disguise a lot of my photographs into

looking like an oil painting,” he says, though hedoubts he will use such techniques in this show.Even without such elaborate Photoshop applica-tions, though, Windle, Lanier and Miller are allaiming for something other than titillation. “They will be very boudoir-ish,” Miller says of

the intent of the show. “The beauty of the maleanatomy doesn’t have to be pornographic.”“I think there are different types of nudity,”

agrees Lanier. “There’s pornography, which youwouldn’t want everybody to see, and thenthere’s like the David, which is a famous work ofart. I don’t have a problem with that.” Still, he’snot sure he wants his daughters or his mom tocome to this show — there’s art, then there’sfamily. •

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Sexy Laundry. The return of the hit from earlier this

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premiere murder mystery-comedy. Eisemann Center for

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Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3. DSO presents

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Hello to all y’all. I don’t know about you, but I amso glad the holidays are over. It’s exhausting. Nowmaybe I can get some much-needed rest. Just kid-ding — a drag queen’s work is never done. Evenwhen shit slows down and everybody goes back towork or school, the show must go on. So like thePost Office, despite rain, sleet, snow or hail, you canalways count on a drag queen to show up.

I often get asked what I don’t like about doingdrag. I have many answers for that. I hate paddingbut can’t do it without my big ol’ hips and ass. I hategetting out of drag, and washing off makeup is apain. I hate wearing heels, they freaking hurt — allthe time. And if you have been to one of my shows,you know my feet turn into lesbian feet by the end ofthe night because I put on some Birkenstocks forcomfort.

I don’t mind tucking as long as you can get a goodtuck — sometimes you get a ball that just won’t stayput. I think it has something to do with the weather: Ifit’s hot out, it’s harder to wrangle the boys. Coldweather usually means they are already hiding, soproblem solved! But some days they have a mind oftheir own and refuse to stay put, which can result in ameaty tuck (i.e., a large mound in your FUPA).

I also hate the mess getting in drag creates. I weara lot of makeup — makeup that stains everything. Iwear a lot of black eye shadow, a color that rarelycomes out of light colored fabric. I can’t tell you howmany carpets I have ruined before we got our fabu-

lous dressing room to get ready in. Even our poordressing room looks like it was painted beige, whenactually it was painted white. But after years of Codypowder dust storms and an evil spray-tan mist, ourdressing room walls have become a creepy fleshtone, like it’s a living creature. Thank god it is not. Ifthat dressing room could talk ….

The other thing I hate about drag may surprisesome of you: I hate shopping for drag. Some days, ifI want a new outfit, I just buy fabric and have it made.I don’t mind fabric shopping. But when in years past Ihave needed something, I would rummage throughthrift or department stores and buy what I needed.My taste level has always been questionable, usuallyif it fit I would wear it at least once. I absolutely hatedrag shopping by myself, but don’t mind as much if Iam with another queen. You always feel bolder whenyou have a sister with you. Valerie Lohr and I havepunished many a store. But I can get very defensivewhen I shop by myself. I’m weird.

Just last week, I went bra shopping. I have wornthe same black bra for years, and it finally fell apart.(RIP Miss Bra, you were a hard working girl.) So Iwent to our friendly neighborhood Walmart to buy mea few new brassieres and maybe a new bodyshaper. I was all by my lonesome. I planned to pushmy basket quickly through the women’s undergar-ment section, grab a few things quickly and flee tothe self-check-out before getting too many side-eyes.

Of course, that is not how it went down. I get to thebra department and notice how tightly packed therows are and of course it is in a discombobulatedmess. I settle in and start looking for the things Ineed, I fall into a false sense of secureness thinking Iam all by myself. I find the cutest black bra with starson it and throw it in my buggy. I find these Spanx-likeshapers and think, oh, bitch! It’s cute and on sale

(only $16.95). I will getone in black and anude one. I am actuallyenjoying shopping foronce … then I lookedup from my little world Ihad created and sawthese two bitches (awoman about my ageand her teenageddaughter) giving me“the face” — the faceof someone shockedthat there was a big ol’man looking at dem-dare girlie thangs.

They had apparentlybeen staring at me fora while. They bothwore the same ap-palled expression. Myblood immediatelystarted to boil. Now, Iknow my life is not inthe norm. I know thatbecause of how I lookand act I will alwaysget noticed and I amtotally OK with that. Ican tolerate a lot of things, but you disrespecting meis not one of them. These two “ladies” were staring atme in disgust, and when I looked up at them, theyboth rolled their eyes. I was minding my own busi-ness, not harming anyone.

Well, I went from James to Cassie in an instant. Iasked said ladies if they had a problem, the olderbitch said “no” … and then they giggled. In my head,

I heard Carrie White’s mother saying, “They’re allgoing to laugh at you!” Thank the Lord I do not haveCarrie’s power of telekinesis cuz those assholeswould have had one of those falling prices happyface signs knocking them both in the back of thehead. I would have made the bras wrap around themother’s throat and slap her in the face with my dirtypillows. I would have had the boots come from shoedepartment and kick that young one in her ass. Thefire extinguisher would have sprayed them both inthe face as tampons fell out of their boxes onto theirheads, sticking all over them.

I don’t have telekinetic powers so all I said was,“Screw both you bitches!” and I walked off. A youngerme might have really gone off on them, but as I getolder, I have learned that people like that don’t de-serve your time or energy. They said something backto me, but I couldn’t hear it over the sound of my mid-dle finger being turned way up. For some reason, amiddle finger salute can be so satisfying. I got what Ineeded so I went on with my shopping.

A few minutes later, one of the Walmart employ-ees — a cute, short guy with a neck tattoo that hasworked there for years — came up to me and said,“Excuse me sir, but could you please not cuss outthe other shoppers.” Then he started to laugh. Istarted to get angry and stomp off and find and readthe shit outta those hoes, but he was so tickled. Ap-parently they told him I said a lot more than what Iactually did. He just kept laughing and said, “Youdon’t know how many times I have wanted to saythat shit to some of these Walmart folks.” I laughedwith him and let the anger fall away. I told him Iwouldn’t do it again and he just said, “Well if you do,make sure I am within earshot.” He gave me a fistbump and walked away laughing.

I really should stop going to Walmart, but it’s oneof the only places to shop in Midlothian and it is likeonly five blocks from my house. It definitely hassome interesting characters. Oh my God, I am one ofthe Weirdos of Walmart. C’est la vie.

If you ever have a question about life, love or any-thing, I am still here for you all. This did start out askind of an advice column. So send me a line if youneed any advice on just about anything. I’m very in-tuitive — or at least that’s what I tell myself.

Remember, love more, bitch less and be fabulous!XOXO, Cassie Nova.

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